1999 May Sundays: Year A
Sat 1 Philip and James, Apostles
Monday Office, of Apostles, p 445
Sun 2 The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sunday Office, Office Week 5, p 387
Mon 3 Sunday Office
Tue 4 English Saints and Martyrs of the Reformation Era
Sunday Office
Wed 5 Sunday Office
Thu 6 Sunday Office
Fri 7 Sunday Office
Sat 8 Julian of Norwich, Spiritual Writer, c.1417
Sunday Office,
of Religious, p 446; EP collect of morrow
Sun 9 The Sixth Sunday of Easter
Sunday Office, Office Week 6, p 388
Mon 10 Rogation Day
Sunday Office
Tue 11 Rogation Day
Sunday Office
Wed 12 Rogation Day
Sunday Office
Thu 13 ASCENSION DAY
Sunday Office, propers, 389
Fri 14 Matthias the Apostle
Monday Office, of Apostles, p 446
PENTECOST season begins, pp 390-2
Sat 15 Monday Office; EP Collect of morrow
Sun 16 The Seventh Sunday of Easter (Sunday after Ascension Day)
Monday Office, Office Week 7, p 391; Weekday readings, p 392
Mon 17 Monday Office
Tue 18 Monday Office
Wed 19 Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, Restorer of Monastic Life, 988
Monday Office,
of Bishops, p 447
Thu 20 Alcuin of York, Deacon, Abbot of Tours, 804
Monday Office
Fri 21 Helena, Protector of the Holy Places, 330
Monday Office
Sat 22 Monday Office; Eve of morrow, p 393
Sun 23 DAY OF PENTECOST Whit Sunday
Monday Office, propers, p 393
Mon 24 John and Charles Wesley, Evangelists, Hymn Writers, 1791 and 1788
Ordinary time resumes today; AFTER PENTECOST begins,
Office Week 7 (repeated)
RC Daily Eucharistic Lectionary Week 8, Year 1, begins
Monday Office,
of Missionaries, p 447
Tue 25 The Venerable Bede, Monk at Jarrow, Scholar, Historian, 735
Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, 709
Tuesday Office, of Teachers, p 447
Wed 26 Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605
John Calvin, Reformer 1564
Philip Neri, Founder of the Oratorians, Spiritual Guide, 1595
Monday Office, of Missionaries, p 448
Thu 27 Thursday Office
Fri 28 Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, Scholar, 1089
Friday Office
Sat 29 Saturday Office; Eve of morrow
Sun 30 TRINITY SUNDAY
Sunday Office, propers, p 395; Eve of the day;
Office Week 1
Mon 31 The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth
Wednesday Office, of the BVM, p 448

Lesser Festivals and Commemorations
omitted this year except, where appropriate, by a mention in prayer
2 May Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 373
16 May
Caroline Chisholm, Social Reformer, 1877
23 May Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century
30 May Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Joan of Arc, Visionary, 1431 Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist in Central Africa, 1933

Other dates
Matthias
may be celebrated on 24 February instead of 14 May
The Visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth may be celebrated on 2 July instead of 31 May


January February March
April May June
July August September
October November December